viii PREFACE. 



in China, when a horse which I mounted for the first time, 

 reared and came over. 



I have taken Figs. 32 to 51, 71 to 78 and Fig. 90 from 

 Riding and Hunting, and Figs. 147 and 148 from Points of 

 the Horse. My husband has written Chapter XXII. 



I have omitted the chapter on my Riding Experiences, as 

 I thought it out of place in a purely teaching book. 



Knowing the immense value of photographs in explain- 

 ing technical subjects, I have gladly availed myself of 

 the expert help of my husband and son in that form of 

 illustration. 



I am greatly obliged to Miss Harding, Miss Burnaby, 

 Miss Neil, the Rev. G. Broke, the Rev. R. J. Gornall, Mr. 

 Clarence Hailey of Newmarket, the Editor of Country Life 

 and the Editor of The Queen, for the admirable photographs 

 and blocks they most kindly lent me. I regret that I in- 

 advertently omitted to place the names of Mr. Claience 

 Hailey and the Gresham Studio, Adelaide, South Australia, 

 under the excellent photographs which are respectively re- 

 produced in Figs. 2 and 3. 



This edition is practically a new book. 



Yew Tree House, 



Crick, Rugby, 

 2$th March, 1903. 



